Lazy tongs



Aug. 18,1925. 1,549,836

A. HOPP LAZY TONGS Filed March 5. 1924 "WE RQimqQ A TTORNE YS Patented Aug. 18, 1925.

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY HOPE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LAZY TON'GS.

Application filed March 3, 1924. Serial No. 696,637.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY Horr, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lazy Tongs, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in lazy tongs, and it consists in the combinations, constructions and arrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide an improved form for lazy tongs, which is especially adapted for taking out clinkers from grates of furnaces, stoves, and the like.

A further object of my invention is to arovide a lazy tongs made of flat metal and twisted to provide jaws of a greater width than the thickness of the metal, thereby increasing the gripping power.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the type described, having an end portion which is relatively narrow, so that it may enter between portions of the grate to extract therefrom small pieces of clinker.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, in which Figure 1 is a side view of the device in its closed position,

Figure 2 is av reduced view of the device in its extended position.

Figure 3 is a detail view of the end of the device, and

Figure 4 is a detail of the handle.

In carrying out my invention, I provide an end portion consisting of two flat bars 1, which are angularly bent at 2 and which are subsequently formed into a loop 3, as shown in Figure 4. The bars 1 are pivoted at 5. Flat strips or bars of metal 6 are disposed in parallel relation, and other similar strips 7 are pivotally connected tothe strips 6 at their ends, as shown at 8. The strips 7 and 6 are pivotally connected at their centers, as shown at 9. The end strips 7 and 6 t i ed or best at 0 in t r rations at right angles to the plane of the bars 7 and 6. These end portions are bent inwardly at 11 and at the very end of the device they are again bent outwardly, as at 12.

From the foregoing description of the various parts of the device, the operation thereof may be readily understood. In extracting a clinker from the grate, the device is thrust through the feed door (not shown), and the loop handles are pressed together. The jaws 12 are thus brought on each side of the clinker 13, and the latter may be withdrawn. This obviates the necessity of reaching into the combustion chamber, since the device will be elongated as the jaws 12 are closed.

The jaws 12, it will be observed from Figure 3, are parallel when in closed position. This enables the device to pick up many articles which could not be picked up if merely the edges of the bars were brought together. The portion immediately inside of the jaws 19, i. e., between the jaws 12 and the bent portion 11, constitutes a means by which larger articles may be grasped, with out any danger of their slipping forwardly.

Obviously, the device may be used for other purposes than extracting clinker-s from grates, such as removing or replacing articles in store windows, removing articles from shelves or other places where the thrust of the arm is not possible, or where such insertion of the arm may tend to knock off articles 1 or to soil apersons clothing.

I am aware that lazy tongs as such are not broadly new, and therefore I do not claim broadly to be the inventor of a lazy tongs.

What I claim is A lazy tongs comprising a handle portion, intermediate pivoted portions consisting of bars having their flat faces together, and a pair of flat end bars pivoted together and pivotally connected with said intermediate bars, each of said end bars being twisted to provide a portion extending in the direction of its longitudinal axis and in a plane at right angles to the main body portion of the bar, said bars being bent inwardly at an obtuse angle and terminating in gripping portions Which are parallel when in closed position. J ANTHQNY H01??? 

